Commentary: Statistics and death from meningococcal disease in children

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7553, 2006, Pages 1297-1298

  Perera, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURIC RASH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; CHILD; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

CHILD; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 33744995757     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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